Bangladesh’s ex-PM Khaleda Zia’s return to country adds pressure for elections

Bangladesh’s former prime minister and Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) chairwoman Khaleda Zia, centre, leaves after a court appearance in Dhaka, Bangladesh (AP)

Bangladesh’s ailing former prime minister Khaleda Zia returned to the country from London on Tuesday after four months of medical treatment, adding to pressure for its interim leaders to hold elections.

The South Asian country has been under a government led by Nobel Peace Prize laureate Muhammad Yunus since former prime minister Sheikh Hasina was ousted in a students-led mass uprising in August last year.